I was hoping for the lowest possible result. In our lab it is stated as < .01/undetectable.

I didn't get that, but I did get 0.01.

From my reading here, I think that is pretty good.

Next one in 2 1/2 months.

Mel

63 years old . PSA-- 3/08--2.90; 8/09--4.01; 11/09--4.19 (Free PSA 24%), after 45 days on cipro! DREs have always been normal. PCA-3

Biopsy on 11/30/09. 5 out of 12 cores positive. Gleason 4+3. 2 cores were 3+3 (one 5% and the other 30%) on one side. On other side:2 cores are 4+3 (5%)--1 core 3+4 (30%) no peri-neural invasion. prostate is 45 grams. Stage: T1C.

Incontinence: joined that club-- definite leaks—1 pad/day. Night is dry, was using 1 pad at night for security, but pretty much dispensed with that most nights. Update: no pads at night. No pads while at home, but still very uncomfortable. Use 1 pad for out-of-house activities.

63 years old . PSA-- 3/08--2.90; 8/09--4.01; 11/09--4.19 (Free PSA 24%), after 45 days on cipro! DREs have always been normal. PCA-3

Biopsy on 11/30/09. 5 out of 12 cores positive. Gleason 4+3. 2 cores were 3+3 (one 5% and the other 30%) on one side. On other side:2 cores are 4+3 (5%)--1 core 3+4 (30%) no peri-neural invasion. prostate is 45 grams. Stage: T1C.

Incontinence: joined that club-- definite leaks—1 pad/day. Night is dry, was using 1 pad at night for security, but pretty much dispensed with that most nights. Update: no pads at night. No pads while at home, but still very uncomfortable. Use 1 pad for out-of-house activities.

Hey Mel....congrats!....are you sure you're not confusing the lab's lowest result as <0.1? That's how mine reports, and I take that as a statistical zero. If you are in fact getting a reading of .01, then you're indeed on top of the world, stat-wise. Rejoice, and here's looking forward to many more results like this one.

Catheter removed after 8 days, totally dry at 3 months. ED issues continue, Viagra (via ADC) nightly (100mgs), VED use in earnest at 6 months. "Ball Park Frank" plumping at this point......ED at 10 months continues to improve, albeit slowly. Continued daily use of 100mg Viagra (ADC). Discontinued pump use; manual stimulation to varying states of erections; achieved penetratable erection on a couple of occasions----At 13 months, nocturnal erections are frequent. Still taking 100mg of ADC Viagra nightly. Libido still in the dumper, but working on it with doctors.

Mel, congratulations. 0.01 is excellent and well below the <0.1 which defines undetectable.Husband diagnosed in 2/2008 at age 57 with stage T1c. Robotic surgery performed 3/2008. Stage upgraded to T3a (solitary focus of extraprostatic extension). Perineural tumor infiltration present. Apex margin, bladder neck and SVs negative. Final Gleason 3+4. PSA: 0.0 til July 2009. August 2009- 0.1, September 0.3, October back to 0.0, December 0.0. Thank you God!

63 years old . PSA-- 3/08--2.90; 8/09--4.01; 11/09--4.19 (Free PSA 24%), after 45 days on cipro! DREs have always been normal. PCA-3

Biopsy on 11/30/09. 5 out of 12 cores positive. Gleason 4+3. 2 cores were 3+3 (one 5% and the other 30%) on one side. On other side:2 cores are 4+3 (5%)--1 core 3+4 (30%) no peri-neural invasion. prostate is 45 grams. Stage: T1C.

Incontinence: joined that club-- definite leaks—1 pad/day. Night is dry, was using 1 pad at night for security, but pretty much dispensed with that most nights. Update: no pads at night. No pads while at home, but still very uncomfortable. Use 1 pad for out-of-house activities.

7 Weeks Post Op - The fears I had about bad things about the operation and recovery did not materialise except of course ED!!. Otherwise, everything went very smoothly. Incontinence not a problem. Wear a pad when out just in case. Pain was never a problem.

Mel, just got home, you got the best news possible, at major zero and as I hoped, and easy entry into the Zero Club.

You mentioned a remark about getting a .01. You realize there would never be a .00 or a -.01 psa. Yours is as close to a pure zero as you could ever hope. I would view that as fantastic news. Hopefully you will stay that way for a long long time.

Great news. Pleased to hear it. Don't stress if it goes up in time, as ours did minimally in time (see sig) - My husband is a 3 year survivor and has made a complete and full recovery. He is cancer free, and we have many days now when this is not on our mind 24/7. We wish you well, Mel and a complete recovery now that this big first PSA post-op milestone is past.Creed_three (Lana) - with husband "CJ" now aged 52 yrs (49 years at diagnosis).